So is Wilson going to claim Federer will use the new 6.1 Tour Balls, like they did with the K90? If Federer has indeed been using the stock K90, then at least no one here is going to believe that claim, right?

That's a really good point, as the only retail racquet that he has his signature on is the K90, and that is apparently the racquet he actually uses. It will be interesting to see if his signature is on the new racquet!

And I wonder if he is aware that if he does, then it will be called the Bollocks Federer racquet!

Someone at Wilson should lose their job for calling these new frames BLX!

That would be interesting if they did this. I wonder if they could get away with it as long as they don't make any actual claims about having something new save for just calling something by a different name (after all "K" Factor is a made up name).

That's stupid. Federer's racquet will be a PJ. The retail racquet will be a new racquet.

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Why isn't it possible for Federer to actually switch to the new racquet? Maybe he likes the feel of the BLX better than the K90? It's supposed to damp out the bad vibration frequencies to give the frame a better feel. He did switch from the PS 6.0 85 to the PS Tour 90 and then to the K90 before, so why not again?

Why isn't it possible for Federer to actually switch to the new racquet? Maybe he likes the feel of the BLX better than the K90? It's supposed to damp out the bad vibration frequencies to give the frame a better feel. He did switch from the PS 6.0 85 to the PS Tour 90 and then to the K90 before, so why not again?

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When is the question. How much time can he put in after London to tune himself to the racquet? Has he hit with it already? Is he using it already under the K90 PJ. Can there be a PJ of a PJ?

When is the question. How much time can he put in after London to tune himself to the racquet? Has he hit with it already? Is he using it already under the K90 PJ. Can there be a PJ of a PJ?

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I'm sure he's hit with it already. The top pros get to hit with new racquets during their development stage and this racquet is already being mass produced for retail, so Federer probably hit with this new racquet over a year ago. Who knows? He may have already switched to it. Maybe that's why he lost to Del Potro at the US Open after beating him 6 times in a row? :lol: LOL

And in the "English" speaking world the name will be ruthlessly ridiculed, because it is very very funny that Federer is using a bollocks racquet

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I don't think so. The U.S. is the biggest English speaking country (no, India doesn't count as they have local languages as their main language) and the U.S. is also the biggest tennis market, and nobody in the U.S. cares that it's called "BLX". Apparently, the UK is just not big enough of a tennis market for Wilson to worry about using that name. I mean how many people in the UK play tennis on a daily basis year-round anyway? Probably a tiny percentage compared to the U.S.

Lots of people in the U.S., continental Europe, South America, and Asia will be buying this BLX racquet. That's more than enough for Wilson to make a huge profit off of the BLX line.

I don't think so. The U.S. is the biggest English speaking country (no, India doesn't count as they have local languages as their main language) and the U.S. is also the biggest tennis market, and nobody in the U.S. cares that it's called "BLX". Apparently, the UK is just not big enough of a tennis market for Wilson to worry about using that name. I mean how many people in the UK play tennis on a daily basis year-round anyway? Probably a tiny percentage compared to the U.S.

Lots of people in the U.S., continental Europe, South America, and Asia will be buying this BLX racquet. That's more than enough for Wilson to make a huge profit off of the BLX line.

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The UK market is tiny compared to US, I agree.

Calling it BLX is still ridiculous though, and the paint job is still awful!

I'm sure he's hit with it already. The top pros get to hit with new racquets during their development stage and this racquet is already being mass produced for retail, so Federer probably hit with this new racquet over a year ago. Who knows? He may have already switched to it. Maybe that's why he lost to Del Potro at the US Open after beating him 6 times in a row? :lol: LOL

To test your little theory that BLX is on par with KKK I Googled BLX and saw no evidence of it being such a morally reprehensible letter combo. None. At all.

You fail.

Wait, how about adding some southern American twang:

Ya'll fail.

Next.

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Right. Firstly... Oh man, are you going to start all that macho 'you fail... next' rubbish?! For someone who dishes it out so readily and with such obvious relish, you're suddenly coming across rather thin-skinned and taking yourself a little too seriously, don't you think? We're all ultimately only having a laugh and 'playing' here, aren't we?!

Secondly (and I really can't let this go), re the remark literally equating 'KKK' with 'BLX' - why would I literally mean to equate the 2 when they mean such different things?! Come on, it was clear that I was making a general point about Wilson's new line name being an embarrassment, or joke, or massive error, or whatever. I mean, just like I clearly wouldn't say seriously and literally that 'BLX' is precisely the same as saying 'CRUD'... 'AHOLE!'... 'SHT!'.. 'GAY'... 'TIT'... (OMG... LOL)... it was blatantly obvious I wasn't making a literal word comparison/paring/equating of 'KKK' and 'BLX'.

I have to say I find this 'tactic' not only disingenuous, but the absolute embodiment of the term: 'morally reprehensible'.

I was told that that signature Federer N90 was the version he actually used, as opposed to the normal retail N90?

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No, the only thing different about that limited edition Japanese version was that it had Federer's signature on it and that it had his wider string spacing (4 crosses at PWS) and it was sold with his strings of choice. It still had the same longer handle pallet as the retail version. It was still just a nCode 90, which Federer never used as Federer used the K90 underneath his nCode 90 paintjob.

Right. Firstly... Oh man, are you going to start all that macho 'you fail... next' rubbish?! For someone who dishes it out so readily and with such obvious relish, you're suddenly coming across rather thin-skinned and taking yourself a little too seriously, don't you think? We're all ultimately only having a laugh and 'playing' here, aren't we?!

Secondly (and I really can't let this go), re the remark literally equating 'KKK' with 'BLX' - why would I literally mean to equate the 2 when they mean such different things?! Come on, it was clear that I was making a general point about Wilson's new line name being an embarrassment, or joke, or massive error, or whatever. I mean, just like I clearly wouldn't say seriously and literally that 'BLX' is precisely the same as saying 'CRUD'... 'AHOLE!'... 'SHT!'.. 'GAY'... 'TIT'... (OMG... LOL)... it was blatantly obvious I wasn't making a literal word comparison/paring/equating of 'KKK' and 'BLX'.

I have to say I find this 'tactic' not only disingenuous, but the absolute embodiment of the term: 'morally reprehensible'.

The name hasn't hurt the sales of its shoe line one bit worldwide. I think only adolescent boys would be so wrapped up in an acronym for a product.

In any case, the bottom line is that the UK market for tennis racquets is miniscule as compared to the entire world as a whole so Wilson just didn't care enough to change the name for the rest of the world.

No, the only thing different about that limited edition Japanese version was that it had Federer's signature on it and that it had his wider string spacing (4 crosses at PWS) and it was sold with his strings of choice. It still had the same longer handle pallet as the retail version. It was still just a nCode 90, which Federer never used as Federer used the K90 underneath his nCode 90 paintjob.

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You don't actually know for sure that it wasn't a K90 under the paint with a longer handle pallet do you?

You don't actually know for sure that it wasn't a K90 under the paint with a longer handle pallet do you?

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People that have played with both said it felt just like a nCode90, and we know that K90 plays and feels different from the nCode90. Plus, if it really was a K90, there would be no reason for them to put a longer handle pallet on it when it was supposed to be "Federer's racquet".